The story
- Proto-Slavic · derived from*ǫžь“snake”
- Ukrainian · borrowed fromУж
- English todayUzh
From Ukrainian Уж (Už) or a cognate, from Proto-Slavic *ǫžь (“snake”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
uzh
Today it means: A 127 km (79 mi) long river in Ukraine and Slovakia, a tributary of the Laborec river. Full definition →
Ukrainian Уж ← Proto-Slavic *ǫžь